{"id":519875,"date":"2026-08-26T02:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/chandra\/galactic-gems-glisten-in-new-gallery-from-nasas-chandra\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T02:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:13:49","slug":"galactic-gems-glisten-in-new-gallery-from-nasas-chandra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=519875","title":{"rendered":"Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA\u2019s Chandra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes displays a collection of galactic images that showcase this variety.<\/p>\n

Astronomers put galaxies into three main categories: spirals like our own Milky Way with arms emanating from their cores, ellipticals that are older and likely the results of mergers, and irregulars that can encompass a wide range of galactic phenomena.<\/p>\n

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This gallery displays a collection of 16 galactic images from Chandra and other telescopes. Astronomers put galaxies into three main categories: spirals like our own Milky Way, ellipticals that are older and likely the results of mergers, and irregulars that can encompass a wide range of galactic phenomena. All types are represented in this collection. Each galactic image contains X-ray data from Chandra combined with data from telescopes such as NASA\u2019s Webb, Hubble, IXPE, Swift, and NuSTAR, and others both in space and on the ground.<\/div>\n
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Just as gems reveal the history of Earth through how they were forged over billions of years, these galactic gems are a way to study Earth\u2019s place in our home galaxy of the Milky Way. By looking outward to other galaxies, we learn more about our own \u2013 including clues to its past and future.<\/p>\n

There are 16 new images in this galactic gallery. Each one contains X-ray data from Chandra that has been collected across Chandra\u2019s decades in space. This high-energy data has been combined with data from telescopes such as NASA\u2019s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes, IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array), and others both on the ground and in space.<\/p>\n